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defy

How many syllables in defy?

  2 syllables

Divide defy into syllables:   de-fy
Stressed syllable in defy:   de-fy
How to say defy:

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Synonyms for defy


1 syllable
  • dare
  • flout
2 syllables
  • counter
  • rebel
3 syllables
  • disobey
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    What rhymes with defy

    1 syllable
    • ay
    • bae
    • Bligh
    • by
    • cai
    • chi
    • cy
    • die
    • dye
    • fae
    • fly
    • Frye
    • guy
    • high
    • I
    • lai
    • lxi
    • lye
    • my
    • nigh
    • phi
    • pie
    • pry
    • pye
    • sai
    • shy
    • sky
    • spry
    • Sri
    • Sy
    • tai
    • thigh
    • tie
    • try
    • tye
    • vie
    • wry
    • Y
    • aye
    • bi
    • buy
    • bye
    • chai
    • cry
    • di
    • dry
    • eye
    • fi
    • fry
    • gae
    • hi
    • Hy
    • kwai
    • lie
    • ly
    • mei
    • ngai
    • NYE
    • pi
    • ply
    • pty
    • rye
    • sci
    • sigh
    • sly
    • spy
    • sty
    • tae
    • Thai
    • thy
    • tri
    • Ty
    • vi
    • why
    • Wye
    2 syllables
    • aby
    • air-dry
    • Alai
    • Altai
    • apply
    • aye-aye
    • Baha'i
    • barfly
    • Belgae
    • bely
    • bigeye
    • blackfly
    • blowby
    • blue-sky
    • bone-dry
    • botfly
    • buckeye
    • bye-bye
    • cat's-eye
    • Chennai
    • cockeye
    • come by
    • cow pie
    • cross-eye
    • decry
    • deep-sky
    • Delphi
    • denyer
    • do by
    • drip-dry
    • dry fly
    • dui
    • Eli
    • face fly
    • flesh fly
    • flyby
    • freeze-dry
    • fruit fly
    • gallfly
    • gi
    • go by
    • goodbye
    • greenfly
    • gun-shy
    • Hawkeye
    • hereby
    • hog-tie
    • horsefly
    • imply
    • Karzai
    • knee-high
    • lay-by
    • let fly
    • lie by
    • mai tai
    • mayfly
    • mistry
    • mooneye
    • nearby
    • nilgai
    • outbye
    • oxeye
    • Panay
    • Parcae
    • pinkeye
    • pop fly
    • put by
    • quasi
    • rely
    • retry
    • rocaille
    • run dry
    • sand fly
    • semi
    • set by
    • shanghai
    • shoofly
    • sky-high
    • stand by
    • stir-fry
    • supply
    • terai
    • thereby
    • titi
    • Transkei
    • two-ply
    • vat dye
    • walleye
    • whereby
    • wild rye
    • WY
    • agley
    • alai
    • ally
    • anti
    • awry
    • Bacchae
    • banzai
    • bee fly
    • belie
    • big lie
    • black tie
    • blow-dry
    • blowfly
    • Bo Hai
    • bonsai
    • Brunei
    • bugeye
    • canaille
    • catchfly
    • chess pie
    • cockshy
    • comply
    • crane fly
    • deadeye
    • deep-fry
    • deerfly
    • deny
    • descry
    • dong quai
    • drop by
    • Dubai
    • elhi
    • espy
    • firefly
    • fly high
    • forby
    • frogeye
    • gadfly
    • get by
    • GI
    • good-bye
    • goodbye's
    • grisaille
    • Haggai
    • heel fly
    • hi-fi
    • horn fly
    • housefly
    • July
    • Kasai
    • lay by
    • Lehigh
    • Levi
    • magpie
    • Masai
    • medfly
    • Moirai
    • Mumbai
    • necktie
    • nisi
    • outcry
    • pad thai
    • panfry
    • pigsty
    • Po Hai
    • potpie
    • Qinghai
    • rabbi
    • reply
    • ride high
    • rough-dry
    • Sakai
    • sci-fi
    • Sendai
    • Shanghai
    • sheep's eye
    • Sinai
    • small-fry
    • standby
    • string tie
    • swear by
    • test-fly
    • tie-dye
    • tongue-tie
    • twist tie
    • untie
    • Versailles
    • well-nigh
    • whitefly
    • wise guy
    3 syllables
    • assai
    • bonsela
    • dry eye
    • fryable
    • jai alai
    • Lanai
    • mind's eye
    • my eye
    • piece-dye
    • PSI
    • replyer
    • rib eye
    • semidry
    • shut-eye
    • underly
    • black eye
    • Chiang Mai
    • fish-eye
    • glass eye
    • lanai
    • mao-tai
    • misapply
    • overfly
    • pop eye
    • red-eye
    • resupply
    • screw eye
    • serai
    • underlie
    • underlye
    4 syllables
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